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Chapter 9
was sure, I wasn‘), but I had no choice if I wanted to stay alive. After 1 had hung up, I had let Yesterday Bralet my maltos and hold her I was no longer koking ka a property. The had asked me if muellery but a b. Then I had to pick up the phone and call Wilnelle had meded as much time an I had in this search and he needed to know my plans had changed.
do 17” Witra asked me
What are you talking about?”
It has to be him, you have dreamed of this for so long. The only mean think of for you in hark desen from it now, is him.” Wit to be He won’t, I didn’t want to tell him how comphoned my life had been. He would anju i come and stay with him, in that be wohl come and way with me I muldn’t do that to him
“Let’s dw the money I had counted on soon’t be ailable. There is no use in crying car
all my sale,” he get the deck that I had put on the table and to me, which had killed my pillow the tight hel
“Tale.” I told him. He mattered and we changed wheat. Water had called for back a couple of hours later. He Bail a friend that reeded to hire sometine to work in the mailtorm of the
Tkapar (1’s not what you are looking lat,” he told me
v’t be xity. I’m not tom prol de take a job that will pot food in the table, 1 told ham. He had already set up an interview for me and that is why I now was thevad. After depping out of the shown. I had taken a navment to drink my moming coffer and sometem, got lost in an likes he a new cookie recipe and attack of time. Fortunately for me I had laid out what I planned to wear below my shower so it was just a mutim of getting into it and making moelt link poroniable. Ipped and booked at the thes | had taken out. They were my nine thees, nothing new hist simple black pompe with a low bed. Bet hadn’t tried them in almost a year. My feet were sensitive. Like if I wear a nose pair of sheet I will get blides on my Hosters, I had planned on taping my feel as a precaution. But at 1 Hooked at the shoes. I realised it had slipped my mind. 11 I wanted to do it now I had to take off the parryhore, put the tape an, put the printjéinue back on and then the shoes, Elooked at the clock. I would miss the ban in Hried. It should be fate, † mourned. I had worn the shoes photy of times before.
Three hours later and I won walking out et abe interview. To be honest, I was imping. The interview went well, at least that was the feeling I got. But my feet had been killing me by the time I ammed and the vakthrough, në the muzitoor hardn’1 helped the situation. I stopped as I got and the comes from the office 1 had visited and corusidered taking the shoes off. Elooked down on the pavement, and I really didn’t want to. Leuld make it to the bus stop, it was only a block away.
“Hang?” Mh domach furtered as I heard my name being called and bed to see Hunter looking at me
“H6,” I said, smiling at him. He was with another man, about my age, who was looking curiously at me.
“What are you doing here?” Hunter asked.
“That a meeting around the comer,” I told him. He frowned and walked towards me. Not knowing what to do, | took a couple of steps in his direction, trying hard to hide the fact that my feet were now throbbing
“I shouldn’t be nur in public” he said. It was my burn to frown.
How do you ang
do you expect me to earn a living if I’m not allowed tin public?” I asked.
our life and say isld be worth more than a job.”
1 would say that is
on the streets without food is detrimental is both of these things. And that is what will happen if I can’t pay my bills, 1 told him. He sighed.
“No it’s for. The bus stop n’t that far from here and I’ll be out in public with lots of people around ”
“People like Akakor don’t care if there are others around. If he wants to grab you, te hurt you, he will. And the bus stop is the blocks from your apartment hat let me you home” 1 wamed to asi how he knew about the bus stop, but changed my mind.
“What about ……..your Inend? | instead isket and koka lebind Hunter. Hunter followed my gaan as if he had no idea what I was talking about.
sin is sew at my employees.” he said when he saw who I wan robenting to. He made a damissive gestine and latin nodded and sealed away. “My cut in parked over there,” Hunter said. gokunig) in the opposite duuction of where I had been going.
“Thank you,” I told him an I buried myself, I tried to walk in a way that didn’t show how much pan was in II it was one thing I koase, it was that yo
not show weakness. Hunter glained at me
“Mung” I ined to sound the I had no alna what her was talking about
”
che way you’re sealing. “Île smuded womed as be studied me
way umumbaialde slows today. I should lies, but I wanted to impress the manager I was meeting” Hold him.
“It looks like you’re in pain. Ivan carry you,” he offered 1 blus
| blestari at the theright of bin pucking me ag and vanying me in public.
“N–no thank you. It’s really und
la deal,” 1 insisted and tried to wall willan koping. My stepu becane shorter sa I trasd rat lur cafees viari to süllen at the unlandlia gate. Hustler don’t comment, he just slowed down to match my skomst paw and guided me to
ung berla against the back of the shows. I felt on
car. We walked toward a big black SUV and I had to stule
If I would hrer gamed which car on the street belonged in him, I would have picked this car. He opened the passenger door and helped me inside. He got in behind the wheel and we started
He that it બનાવી
I’x–okay.” 1 knew that it would have been amazing to take them off, but it would have been ten times worse than it was now when I then had to put them back.
“We need in talk about you going outside like this,” he then said Heded and led him
“I get what you are saying,” Elite him. “That if I don’t touch the money Simen gave me I need to start working on I can pay the bills and have had to ext. 1 like having fed to eat and a moulover
my head.
Tad you can’t call in sick or take a vacation?” he asked.
“No. I don’t have a job. I quit my Taxi job at 1 thought I would start my man business. The meeting today was a job intervies. Teen 11 pt 3.1 can’t start off by calling in sick or taking a vacation. Then I’ll be of work again,” I ruplared Thated that I hit inferion in some way. Like Tan leu jurt become) didn’t have it all sorted. Thin days ago, I did have merching sotted.
“I see how that con be an issue,” he said. “What about sicking from home?”
“Sure, if I can find a job that would allose it. But I think those am mostly IT jobs and things i
in hartie a computer okay, but I’m not up to him
fe?” he asked. I had no chan how he would do that I nodded as t
“Far. How about you let me know when you fred a job or when you need to attend on interview are! I will make sur wunded better than to have him work against mes
“I can do that,” I agreed. We pulled up in front of my building. “Thank you for giving me a pile,
Talking you to your door,” he told me and walked around to open my door.
“Thank you.” It sem the only thing could think of to say. He opened the door to my building and let ne wolk insisks. At the stairs, he worked first, I was happy as I tried to discly sip off my shoes. I felt a nice to get rid of the pressure against mysere heels, in still hurts, but not much, followed him up the stairs and save him check out the landing on my for
“Thank you, Hunter. I keep saying II, but I truly nem 11,” I said.
“Thappy to do it. Hana. Now got ride, keep sale and let me kra
“you plan any other excursions,” he told me and smiled. As uud his and made my knees weak.
“Twill,” I promised and at inside my apartment. I liked through the pheld 1 locked the dex and secured it. Hunter stood in the same spot listening, then it looked like he hesitated for moment, before he left. I watched until I couldn’t see him any longer and felt like a creep. When Doordat juif standing and looking out at the bonding any longer, to myself, i hattied to the kitchen. I book all my pantyhose to inspect the damage and realised it was much worse than I thought. On my right kot vas a blister the son of a quarter and on the left foot the blister had isptured and left an angry looking wound, Why not? I thought. It is the part of this entire weck, jual or more thing going wrong. It would be best if I dressed it, but I was feeling in need of a pick me up, so insivad I turned on the kettle and made tea and took the last cupcake.
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Bonnie Reid Guast
I find her to be a normal everyday person. someone to relate too, why does every fml have to be super strong and courageous ect. I like That she is a baker, I am too, she has goals and now has to put them on hold and has to face those feelings and move on. I like how thi
don’t like the way the writer makes Hana to be so patheticll dropping things, forgetting things, refusing help even though she’s in monal danger, wearing shoes that she knows will blister her feet!!
